Nation and World
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UN chief going to Hiroshima for 77th anniversary of A-bomb
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced Monday he will attend the 77th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing in Hiroshima, 'œat...
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2 found dead in charred car within California wildfire zone
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - YREKA, Calif. (AP) - At least two people have died from a raging California blaze that was among several menacing thousands of homes Monday in the Western U.S. Two bodie...
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Cities face crisis as fewer kids enroll and schools shrink
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - On a recent morning inside Chalmers School of Excellence on Chicago's West Side, five preschool and kindergarten students finished up drawings. Four staff...
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Italy judge upholds Italian's jailing in immigrant's death
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - A judge in Italy on Monday ordered an Italian man to remain in jail as an investigation continues into the death of a Nigerian street vendor whose brutal bea...
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As species recover, some threaten others in more dire shape
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - GLEN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Concealed behind trees near Lake Michigan, two scientists remotely manipulated a robotic owl on the forest floor. As the intruder flapped its wi...
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Settlement blocks new federal fracking leases in California
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Leasing for new oil and gas drilling on federal land in central California is temporarily blocked under a settlement announced Monday between t...
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Appalachian cultural center reeling from historic flooding
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) - The raging floodwaters that left dozens dead or missing in eastern Kentucky also swept away some of the region's irreplaceable history. Appalshop,...
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UN chief warns world is one step from `nuclear annihilation'
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations chief warned Monday that 'œhumanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation,'ť citing th...
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Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on '~Star Trek,' has died at 89
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood as communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original 'œStar Trek'ť television series, has died at the ag...
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Chances of climate catastrophe are ignored, scientists say
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - Experts are ignoring the worst possible climate change catastrophic scenarios, including collapse of society or the potential extinction of humans, however unlikely, a g...